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Going Off The Grid: Execs Talk College Hoops, Esports

"Going Off The Grid" is a weekly survey of sports execs and personalities offering their thoughts on a handful of pressing (and trivial) issues in sports and pop culture. This week, our panelists discuss what country they'd like to live in and what video game should be added to esports. 

  • Nets Chief Legal & Compliance Officer and Exec VP/Business Affairs Jeff Gewirtz
    -- In support of Nets F Garrett Temple, he's rooting for LSU on Saturday.
  • MLSE Chief Revenue Officer Jeff Deline
    -- The first concert he attended was The Tragically Hip.
  • Cavaliers VP/Diversity, Inclusion & Community Engagement Kevin Clayton
    -- Believes NFL officiating this season has been consistently inconsistent.
Going Off The Grid
 

Thoughts on Tony Romo's CBS extension? Best all-time HBO show? Favorite college hoops announcer? Ever hit a home run in Little League? Book you most want to read in 2020?
Brill
A Lombardi worthy second act
Silicon Valley. Big fan of Mike Judge
Charles, Ernie, Kenny plus Greg and Wally is hard to beat
More of a worst softball player ever, type
NFL: The Next 100 (a book I hope someone is writing)

Walker
When someone says 'I have to watch this game because Romo is on,' it will make sense. And that won't happen.
Sopranos. At some point, I thought it made sense to buy a red track suit to watch in 
Dickie V
Many, but I'm sure they were 4 base errors
Finish and reread "Loonshots." Big fan
Munoz
Romo is good, Peyton would have been better
Entourage
Dickie V Baby!!
Yes, even though my dad told me not to use a 34" bat
Kobe Bryant's "The Mamba Mentality"

Do you want to get your thoughts in the Grid? If so, shoot an e-mail to mchupita@sportsbusinessdaily.com.

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